Genesis Chapter 5 verse 32 Holy Bible
And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - And Noah was five hundred years old. Literally, a son of 500 years, i.e. going in his 500th year (cf. Genesis 7:6; Genesis 16:1). The son of a year (Exodus 12:5) means "strictly within the first year of the life" (Ainsworth). And Noah begat - i.e. began to beget (cf. Genesis 11:26) - Shem, - name (Gesenius), fame (Furst) - Ham, - chain; hot (Gesenius, Murphy), dark-colored (Furst) - and Japheth - spreading (Gesenius, Murphy); beautiful, denoting the white-colored race (Furst). That the sons are mentioned in the order of their ages (Knobel, Kalisch, Keil, Colenso) may seem to be deducible (1) from the fact that they usually stand in this order (cf. Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13; Genesis 9:18; Genesis 10:1; 1 Chronicles 1:4); (2) from the circumstance that it is commonly the eldest son's birth which is stated in the preceding list, though this is open to doubt; (3) from Genesis 10:21, which, according to Calvin, Knobel, Keil, and others, describes Shem as Japheth's elder brother; and Genesis 9:24, which, according to Keil, affirms Ham to be the younger son of Noah; . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(32) Noah was five hundred years old.--No reason is given why Noah had no son until he had attained to so ripe an age, nor, in fact, does it follow that he might not have had other sons, though unworthy of sharing his deliverance. It is remarkable also that neither of the three sons who were with him in the ark had offspring until after the flood. (See Genesis 11:19.) From them have sprung the three great lines into which the human family is divided. Shem means name: that is, fame, glory; and he, as the owner of the birthright, was the progenitor of our Lord. Ham, the dark-coloured, was the ancestor of the Egyptians, Cushites, and other black races of Arabia and Africa. Japheth, the widener, but according to others the fair, though the youngest son, was the ancestor of most of the races of Europe, as well as of some of the chief nations of Asia.